Boss Fans, Rejoice: A New Springsteen Single

Bruce Springsteen's Wrecking Balltour wrapped in September, but the Boss is hardly hanging up his Telecaster for the holidays. It was announced back in August that Springsteen would be hitting the road in early 2014, with dates scheduled for Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. It looks like the Southern Hemisphere will be the first to hear new material from Bruce and the E Street Band, as High Hopes, Springsteen's 18th studio effort, will see its release on January 14.

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Today, Springsteen posted the first song and title track from High Hopes, and revealed that Tom Morello (of Rage Against the Machine/Audioslave/The Nightwatchman fame) had a heavy hand in the conception and creation of his latest work. Morello joined the Wrecking Ball tour — Springsteen's most extensive to date, and the first he embarked upon following the passing of E Street Band saxophonist and dear friend Clarence Clemons in 2011 — and Springsteen credits him as his muse for "pushing the rest of this project to another level." The video pairs the brewing tempest of "High Hopes" with its lyrics and footage shot from Wrecking Ball's Australian dates, where Morello and Springsteen's creative kismet took hold. North American dates for Springsteen in 2014 have yet to see the light of day, but we're looking forward to catching High Hopes and Springsteen, the E Street Band, and Morello in action.